North Dakota's highest court has ruled that the state's overturned abortion ban will not be enforced during an appeal of a judge's ruling that struck down the law in September.

Those who are pro-abortion can celebrate a victory today as the North Dakota Supreme Court denied the State’s effort to reinstate a near-total ban on the act, which was struck down in District Court in September.

A group of North Dakota lawmakers heard emotional testimony on a handful of bills related to reproductive health care and the insurance — or lack thereof — to cover it.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s abortion ban will not be enforced while the state appeals an earlier decision that found it unconstitutional, the state's highest court ruled Friday.

Abby Berger of Bismarck stands Jan. 29, 2025, before a legislative committee hearing with a photo illustrating the large number of syringes and vials needed to help her conceive her child. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK,

President-elect Donald Trump’s victory has energized anti-abortion groups, even as abortion rights organizers notched victories on Election Day.

Casas was the last of a dozen witnesses to testify for the plaintiffs in a trial to decide the ban’s fate. The court will hear testimony from the state’s witnesses starting Friday.

A pediatric endocrinologist said one of his patients attempted suicide after learning North Dakota had criminalized gender-affirming care for minors.

South Central Judicial District Judge Jackson Lofgren presides over a trial Jan. 27, 2025, in Bismarck. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A North Dakota father told a judge on Wednesday that he feels state lawmakers were acting out of ignorance when they passed the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors.

South Central District Court Judge Jackson Lofgren heard testimony over the past four days from doctors explaining transgender health and gender dysphoria.

The appointment of two industry insiders to the Environmental Protection Agency revives familiar arguments about regulation harming the economy.

Bi-partisan bills to protect contraception and fertility treatments in North Dakota were introduced in the North Dakota Legislature this week.